Leaders of the West African regional grouping, Ecowas, have approved the withdrawal of three countries ruled by the military from the bloc, ...

The International Drought Resilience Observatory (IDRO), whose prototype launched at COP16, will be the first global ...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- As the African Union Commission (AUC) embarks on the election process of its senior leadership, the three candidates vying for the AUC chairperson position have ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are set to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This decision was acknowledged by ECOWAS Heads of State during a Summit held in Abuja on ...

West African leaders have given Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso more time to reconsider their split from the ECOWAS regional ...

Following the confirmed exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—now the "Alliance of Sahel States"—the ECOWAS bloc is now ...

As European banks have been drifting away from the continent, US banks are doing the opposite, expanding their presence in ...

West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS gave Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger six months to reconsider their departure from the group, leaders agreed on Sunday. The military juntas of the three Sahel nations ...

AJACCIO, Corsica — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic ...

In two separate attacks, suspected jihadists killed 39 civilians, including women and children, in western Niger's borderlands. The attacks occurred in the communities of Kokorou and Libiri, ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), ...